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JJP Supplement vol. 25

Ewa Wipszycka, The Alexandrian Church. People and Institutions, Warsaw 2015

Hard cover

490 pages

978-83-938425-4-4

Price: 93 EUR (390 PLN)

My intellectual adventure with the history of the Church began with research on ecclesiastical economy, incomes and the
manner of their administration, expenditures, and the material status of the clergy. The choice of these subjects was
absolutely natural to me, since my academic education had provided me with a solid background for tackling such issues;
I had also learnt much while preparing my doctoral dissertation on the textile industry of Roman Egypt. In spite of having
enough reasons to find the results of my previous research satisfactory, I did not want to explore the subject any farther.
It was late antique Egypt that captivated me – a fascination I owe to my French papyrology teacher, Roger Rémondon.
Within this realm I found the Church and monasticism particularly intriguing. (from the Preface)